Lahoud is persistent to disclose the killers of former Lebanese premier
Lebanon, Politics, 3/25/2005

The Lebanese President Emil Lahoud stressed his care to find out the killers of the former Lebanese prime minister Rafic Hariri, with the approaching of the 40 day of his assassination, saying he "will resort to international and Arab commissions and references."

Lahoud did not identify the form of the participation of these sides and whether he will accept an international investigation committee, though the Hariri family and the Lebanese opposition are still persistent on an international investigation commission.

Lahoud stresses in a statement for the Lebanese Presidency that he is determined to introduce utmost penalty on the executors, provokers and all sides that took part in this crime."

Informed sources said that the report of the UN team on the assassination of Hariri which is led by the Irish Peter FitzGerald was due to be issued on Wednesday evening after it is submitted to the UN secretary general Kofi Annan who stressed that full highlighting on the implications of Hariri assassination might need "more comprehensive investigation."

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